Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville today said that Kyle Walker is the greatest right-back in Premier League history.
Manchester City played out a 3-3 draw today with Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium.
It is a fixture that always delivers entertainment and controversy, and today was no different.
Heung-min Son opened the scoring inside six minutes, but then put through his own net from a City free-kick from Julian Alvarez.
City then got their noses in front thanks to a lovely goal by Phil Foden after great intricate play from Jeremy Doku and Julian Alvarez.
But Giovani Lo Celso got Tottenham back into it, before Jack Grealish then re-established City’s lead late on.
But Spurs equalised again through Dejan Kulusevski, and City might have had a chance to score a fourth, but referee Simon Hooper inexplicably blew for a foul when he could have played a longer advantage.
Gary Neville says Kyle Walker is the best right-back in Premier League history
It was largely a good day at the office for Walker, who was captaining the side once again.
Walker was fairly solid throughout operating as a right-sided centre-back but occasionally getting forward to offer an attacking outlet.
Just before half-time, Spurs had a promising attack with Bryan Gil having played through on goal.
Walker showed blistering pace to get back and snuff out the danger, before finding Josko Gvardiol with a pass.
An amazed Neville said: “What an asset he is, Kyle Walker with his pace. The amount of times he gets back and recovers for Manchester City – it’s incredible.”
Jamie Carragher then cheekily asked former right-back Neville ‘best right-back in Premier League history?’ with Neville replying very seriously ‘I’d say so’.
It was something we have seen time and time again from the 33-year-old, who is showing no signs of slowing down.
Earlier this year, Neville said that he could only dream of doing some of the things Walker does on a football pitch.
Walker is incredible
It would take a bold person to suggest someone else as being the best right-back in Premier League history at this point.
Walker has been absolutely unbelievable for City and as Neville said on commentary, is such an important asset to Pep Guardiola.
No one can defend like the £175,000-a-week star in terms of recovering, and with every passing game his decision to stay at the club – when he could have joined Bayern Munich – is a blessing.
It is just a shame about the result today, and Pep needs to sort out his defensive unit as a collective.
